Otago-Southland Adventure rider rides

**Ruralman** · 3rd July 2008, 22:19

Originally Posted by scorry

Lots of good ways to get to kokonga but my bike isnt road legal, its a wr450.
So thats why i would go over the first half of the dunstan to patearoa.
But it would be a better ride as rural man said from beamont.

You said you went to last years vincent tt tun, did you win the slow race?

Shhhhh, yes I DID win the SLOW race - were you one of the dirt bike riders I embarassed?? - one of them forgot to turn on his fuel and stalled. We were side by side at that point, both of us managing to stay motionless quite a bit without putting a foot down and everyone else had given up.

If the Dunstan is out for that trip in Sept then if you trailered to Cherry Farm you could go through Bucklands crossing, Ramrock Rd to the Nenthorn, over the hill to Moonlight and out to Hyde. You'd still have to zip over the Hyde Hill though but you'd be bloody unlucky to get caught

**scorry** · 4th July 2008, 07:35

Originally Posted by Ruralman

Shhhhh, yes I DID win the SLOW race - were you one of the dirt bike riders I embarassed?? - one of them forgot to turn on his fuel and stalled. We were side by side at that point, both of us managing to stay motionless quite a bit without putting a foot down and everyone else had given up.

If the Dunstan is out for that trip in Sept then if you trailered to Cherry Farm you could go through Bucklands crossing, Ramrock Rd to the Nenthorn, over the hill to Moonlight and out to Hyde. You'd still have to zip over the Hyde Hill though but you'd be bloody unlucky to get caught

Um yeah you know the guy who forgot to turn his fuel on,

Yeah we were pretty close, well done tho.

That route sounds pretty cool, still a wee way away yet though so heaps of time to decide

**mbazza** · 4th July 2008, 19:59

I'm in for the tarmack ride in the next two weeks, snow permitting. The beer sounds like a good idea two. Cheers.

**Ruralman** · 5th July 2008, 08:27

Originally Posted by Jantar

The section from Onslow to Styx is unpassable at the moment (unless your bike is fitted with snow tyres). The piece over DOC land is closed to all traffic until the end of winter, and even then it is very boggy. Last time I went through there (4WD) there were some pretty deep patches of mud. Paulette was through there in february on horse back, and even she reckoned it was pretty hard going for the horses. So definitely a dry weather trip unless on a full off road bike.

Well it will certainly be covered in snow now - the view out my window is like my avatar, add another couple of thousand feet altitude and the wind/drift factor and it will be quite a while till its open.
Shore our first mob of sheep yesterday - bugga - thank god for cover combs and sheltered paddocks

**mbazza** · 5th July 2008, 13:03

Is it worth a look for that moody, snow grey winter photo? Keep the home fires burning! More wood, more wood. Cheers.

**Old Grant** · 13th July 2008, 16:37

I would bee keen to be involved in any of the suggested rides. I have done most of them previously on my own and would enjoy going there again as part of a group. I rode the Dunstan last year the week it reopened, late in the afternoon on my own on more road orentated tyres. The road was a real challenge, big washouts and bloody slippery. On knobblies it would have been no sweat It was dark when I got back out to the seal. In hindsight not a cleaver move.

**Ruralman** · 17th July 2008, 21:06

Originally Posted by Old Grant

I would bee keen to be involved in any of the suggested rides. I have done most of them previously on my own and would enjoy going there again as part of a group. I rode the Dunstan last year the week it reopened, late in the afternoon on my own on more road orentated tyres. The road was a real challenge, big washouts and bloody slippery. On knobblies it would have been no sweat It was dark when I got back out to the seal. In hindsight not a cleaver move.

It sounds more like a summer/early autumn ride to me. I need another dirt bike and was toying with the idea of getting a road legal one but most that are capable enough on the road are just too bloody heavy for the tight trails I like to do - so it will probably be a specialist dirt bike which leaves me with the Tiger for these trips. The Tiger aint no lightweight so slippery trails hold absolutely no appeal to me!! (slippery gravel is another very different story

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**paulj** · 27th July 2008, 08:20

Originally Posted by Ruralman

Hi Guys.
Could the moderators please consider making this a sticky please
I thought its time we had a thread to pull together the adventure riders from Otago in one place so its a bit easier to plan rides etc away from the other threads.
All the usual stuff from day trips, alternative routes to rallies and other rides that someone has a good idea for.

So all you Otago adventure riders please subscribe to this thread and use it and for riders from elsewhere keep us posted when you're coming through.
Cheers
Bruce

Brilliant - got a few summer only tracks up the back that are good for some adrenalin - I'm with ya ... (when it GETS WARMER!!!).

**hondav2** · 8th August 2008, 20:40

This thread has been a bit quite, have a look at this http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=355983 if you guys are interested in a weekend near Mavora Lakes , this Lodge is booked out a long way in advance, we could have it first weekend April 09 do yous want Fri-Sat nights or just Sat night. Cost $200 night sleeps 20 or $20 per person a night, toilets, shower, kitchen ect. Cheers Toddy

**paulj** · 9th August 2008, 06:33

Great – thanks for posting hondav2– and waking me up! I was keen on putting up some proposals but knowing the capabilities and knobbly headed attitudes that lurk amongst these threads I was fearful of someone taking me up! The thought of hauling the DR out of bogs, clearing the snow from the front guard … did not rotate my crank at all.

I’m on for Mavora, but it’s fair way off in April – alternative accommodation? and what to do meantime? Low level easy trip to a pub for a few ales and some chat/route/trip/bullshitting/planning?

Bit of trouble up the back recently with a couple of skidoos and their rich drivers going awol for a while – cloud rolled in, temps down to -15C – in short, f… that!

Perhaps we need a mechanism for route planning? I’m not good at names, and trying to decipher a text description > map isn’t my forte. I use Memory Map here but its file printout is in the tens of MB for anyways decent resolution … and … I have a rusty ol phone line for uploading and a supa-dupa satellite for downloading, so the porn arrives real quick.

MM does have a very neat and tiny route exchange file format … anyone else use it?

Here’s a screen capture and a MMO route file of a track through the Lammermoors – as an example - I've also included the GPX format - perhaps more useful? Post back some comment/thoughts…. I’ve changed the oil and chipped off last year’s mud and wiped the birdshit off the mirror (they always shit there!) – time to see if it will crank over!

Hmmm - seems like KB forums will not permit the route files - PM me if you want'm.

**cooneyr** · 9th August 2008, 10:11

Originally Posted by paulj

Hmmm - seems like KB forums will not permit the route files - PM me if you want'm.

Change the extension to .doc upload here then get others to change the extension back. You can use gpx files and google earth as a way of disseminating the info. The gpx files can be loaded up into google earth and edited in there. Google earth will include any way points that you care to add.

Also a gpx is is just a text file - try opening note pad then use it to open the gpx file and you will see what I mean.

Cheers R

**paulj** · 9th August 2008, 15:11

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Change the extension to .doc upload here then get others to change the extension back. You can use gpx files and google earth as a way of disseminating the info. The gpx files can be loaded up into google earth and edited in there. Google earth will include any way points that you care to add.

Also a gpx is is just a text file - try opening note pad then use it to open the gpx file and you will see what I mean.

Cheers R

Thanks Ryan - starts to get too messy - had thought of your WS too but that is not its purpose.

All that's needed is a quick way of indicating a route - using local names etc is not useful to folks outside or unfamiliar with the area. A map with some scrawling can make it much clearer.

Anyway - got have something to bugger around with when the wx is so shite.